John Brown (essayist)



John Brown (5 November 1715 – 23 September 1766) was an English divine and author.

Quotes

 * Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,— That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.
 * Barbarossa (1754), Act V, Scene 3


 * And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.
 * "An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope"